Police ask help in identifying child found in Niles Twp.

July 30, 2008|By PABLO ROS Tribune Staff Writer

NILES — Police are looking for the parents or guardians of a child who was spotted this morning alone and on foot at 17th Street and Bell Road in Niles Township. A passer-by told police the child, dressed in pajamas, was wandering on the side of a road about 7 a.m. The child is a 3-year-old white boy with brown hair and eyes, wearing only the bottoms of Scooby Doo pajamas, police said. The boy told police his name is Joshua Matthew. Police believe the child is from the Niles area. Anyone with information is asked to call Michigan State Police at (269) 683-4411.